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diff --git a/content/posts/installing-openbsd-on-pcengines/index.org b/content/posts/installing-openbsd-on-pcengines/index.org index 51d6ed5..115ccbf 100644 --- a/content/posts/installing-openbsd-on-pcengines/index.org +++ b/content/posts/installing-openbsd-on-pcengines/index.org @@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ that I inserted the drive into the USB port on the APU2. I then plugged one end of the DB9F end of the serial adapter into the APU2, and the USB end into my PC. My desktop runs Fedora, so I had to install the =cu= utility using =sudo dnf install cu=. I then dialed it -up using the serial adapter with the command =sudo cu -s 115200 -l -/dev/ttyUSB0=. +up using the serial adapter with the command + +#+BEGIN_SRC shell +sudo cu -s 115200 -l /dev/ttyUSB0 +#+END_SRC I plugged in the power connector into the APU2, and I saw the boot info in my terminal! It's really cool that these things use SeaBIOS @@ -84,9 +87,19 @@ I ran [[https://man.openbsd.org/fw_update][=fw_update(1)=]] to pull in any extra sure to add my user to the [[https://man.openbsd.org/doas.conf][=doas.conf(5)=]] config file. I kept the serial adapter connected and plugged it into another -machine I have right next to it, so if I ever have any trouble +OpenBSD machine I have right next to it, so if I ever have any trouble booting, I can always SSH into the other machine and dial into the serial connector to work things out without having to physically plug the APU2 into my laptop. +To connect to the serial device through the other OpenBSD machine, I +just run + +#+BEGIN_SRC shell +doas cu -s 115200 -l /dev/cuaU0 +#+END_SRC + +You can always find the serial device through plugging the adapter in +and checking =dmesg=. + Finally I added the OpenBSD sticker! |